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    Polaris Venture Partners

    Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesFounded 1996

    Polaris Partners, formerly Polaris Venture Partners, focuses on early-stage investments in disruptive opportunities across the healthcare, life sciences, and technology sectors. The firm also operates specialized funds, including the Polaris Growth Fund for profitable, founder-owned technology companies and the Polaris Innovation Fund for early-stage academic research with commercial potential.

    36% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $72.2M (across 64 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    67

    Fund Size

    $5B

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    KP

    Kim Png

    Principal

    AS

    Amy Schulman

    Managing Partner

    EM

    Ellie McGuire

    Managing Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    67 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Tropic logoTropicSeries C$105MMar 2026
    Kash logoKashPre-Seed$2MFeb 2026
    TTRexBioSeries C$50MJan 2026
    EpiBiologics logoEpiBiologicsSeries B$107MJan 2026
    Zag Bio logoZag BioSeries A$80MOct 2025
    Cirrus Therapeutics logoCirrus TherapeuticsSeed$11MOct 2025
    Noema Pharma logoNoema PharmaSeries BDec 2024
    ByHeart logoByHeartGrowth$95MMay 2024
    JIBE Inc. logoJIBE Inc.Seed$875KMar 2024
    Cohere Health logoCohere HealthSeries C$50MFeb 2024
    Vico Therapeutics B.V. logoVico Therapeutics B.V.Series B$60MJan 2024
    Tome Biosciences logoTome BiosciencesSeries B$213MDec 2023
    Triveni Bio Inc. logoTriveni Bio Inc.Series A$92MOct 2023
    65LAB logo65LABUnknownOct 2023
    SSimon DataSeries D$54MAug 2023
    Candesant Biomedical logoCandesant BiomedicalSeries B$35MJun 2023
    PParatus SciencesSeries D$100MFeb 2023
    Jnana Therapeutics logoJnana TherapeuticsSeries C$107MNov 2022
    FOLX Health logoFOLX HealthSeries B$30MOct 2022
    Auron Therapeutics logoAuron TherapeuticsSeries A$48MJul 2022
    Podimetrics logoPodimetricsSeries C$45MMar 2022
    Dewpoint Therapeutics logoDewpoint TherapeuticsSeries C$150MFeb 2022
    Freenome logoFreenomeSeries D$300MDec 2021
    Muna Therapeutics logoMuna TherapeuticsSeries A$73MJul 2021
    ByHeart logoByHeartSeries B$90MJul 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Invus6 shared
    Section 324 shared
    Flare Capital Partners4 shared
    Bain Capital Life Sciences3 shared
    Janus Henderson Investors3 shared

    Last updated: 24 April 2026